Holder and protector for musical-instrument strings.



0. J. MtFLLER. HOLDER AND PROTECTOR FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STRINGS.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 9 1909.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

INVENTOR Oiio fflfz'illez' ATTORNEYS WITNESSES om o J. Human, or new YORK, .N. Y.

: HOLDER AND Pno'rncron For. nusican-msrannniw 's'rnmes.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

Application manual 9, 1909. serial No. 452,331

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I O'r'ro J. MijLLnR, a

citizen of the United tates, and a resident of thecity of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State ,of New York, have invented a new and Improved Holder and Protector for -Musical-'Instrument Strings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The strings used on musical instruments, for instance, violins, VlOlOIlGBllOS:, double basses, mandollns, guitars, planos and the l ke, areusually handled and sold in the trade in the form of a coil secured togetherv in any suitable manner and inclosed in an envelop or; othercontamer. The strings often become entangled and the securingmeans broken, whereby many strings. are

either injured or rendered unfit for use.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder for the strings, which will operate not only "to retain the string in coiled form but will protect it' against injury. -The string may be readily inspected without removing it from the holder, and is so secured in place that it may be very readily removed when desired.

The invention consists in the construction and 'colnbinationof parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this'speci fication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding. parts in allthe views, and-in which- 4 Figure ,1 is a planview of a device constructed in accordance with my invention;

1 and upon a somewhat larger scale; and

. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1

and on the same scale as Fig; 2. g

In the specific construction of -my device illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

I provide a disk 10- of cardboard, apiermach or other suitable material, an to the opposite sides of thedisk are secured two sheets or plates 11 and 12, each of a somewhat greater. diameter than the disk 10,

Both the disk and the plates are circular in form and the thickness of the disk is preferably substantially e ual tothe diametfer-- of the string to be use thereon. Of cour'se,

, it is evident that smaller strings may be used with the'holder if desired. Strings of this disk 10.

.ape1'tures. The notches is determined by the lengthof the place on the instrument, or the knot is-provided incidentally to the forming of the loop, which loop serves for securing. the

provide the two 'side, platesor sheets-11 and 12 each with an aperture, 13 therethrough, the two apertures being opposite eachother and closely adjacent the periphery of the The disk 10 is of less thickness than the knot of the-string, so that :when the two fside plates or sheets-11' and 12 are forced apart-the knot may spring into place with ortions thereof extending outwardly into t e two apertures-as is indicated'part-icularly in Fig. 3. This serves to hold one end of the string firmly in place, and the string is then wound around the disk between the two side plates or sheets.

At asuitable point along the periphery of the device the two side plates or sheets are provided with apertures or notches 14:, and a flap or tab 153, is secured to the outer surface of one disk adjacent these. notches-or osition of the tab .and

string in place. In myn-improved device I string, and it is intended that they should I come adjacent t9 the. free end of the string after the string has been entirely wound in place between the two outwardly extending flanges of the device. After the string isin place the tab is folded through the two notches orapertures and into enga'ement with theopposite side of-the other isk or plate, as is indicated particularly in Fig. 3. The end of the tab may be secured in place either by'pasting or by any form (if-catch or fastener either carried" by the tab or by the plate, or separate. and distinct. therefrom,

as for mstanc'e, abent wirepaper fastener.

At anotherpoint along the periphery, the two flanges or p'efipheralportions of the plates are cut awayto provide twoopenings 16 through which the string may be readily inspected; These openings :16 preferably extend inwardly a slight distance beyond. the

periphery ofthe center disk 10, -'so that an instrument may be inserted underneath the I string thereof. y v The particular; string illustratedv in the drawings is wound with wire thrpughout a in ascertaining the gageor size 3 portion of -length, for ibis evident that peripheral edge thereof to leave aperiphthe device may beused for any other character of musical instrument string or for any other small, flexible, elongated member as forinstance, a small gold chain or the like.

Having thus described my inventiom I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: v

1. A holder and protector for musical instrument strings, comprising a disk and two plates or sheets secured to opposite sides thereof and extending outwardly beyond the eral-groove, said side plates each having an aperture therein to receive the termmal knot of a musical instrument string.

2; A holder and protector for muslcal mstrument strings, comprising a flat, circular disk, two plates secured to. opposite sides thereof and extending outwardly beyond the periphery of said disk, said plates having apertures thereinv adjacent the periphery to receive the terminal knot of the musical instrument string, said plates also having notches or apertures therein adjacent the opposite end of the string, and a flexible tab nal knot for entering within in. engagement with opposite pf said plates for holding said strings in position.

3. In combination, "a "flat, circular disk,'

two plates or sheets secured to 0p osite sides thereof and extendin outwardly eyond the periphery thereof to leave a peripheral channel, each of said plates having an aperture therein adjacent the periphery of the disk, and each having a second aperture therein, a musical instrument string wound about'said disk within said groove and having a termithe first-mentioned apertures, and a flap having one end thereof secured to one of said'plates and extending through said second mentioned apertures into engagement with t-heopposite side of the other plate, for retaining said string Within said groove.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OTTO J. MULLER.

Witnesses:

CLAIR W'. FAIRBANK, JOHN P. DAVIS. 

